Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.

Quote by Lars Von Trier

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I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead...

I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead...

I always do something that I've never done before.

I always do something that I've never done before.

If I made a musical in the beginning of my career, it would have been...

If I made a musical in the beginning of my career, it would have been...

More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on...

More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on...

I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity...

I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity...

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created...

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created...

I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.

I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments...

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments...

I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know;...

I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know;...

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back...

You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back...

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if...

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if...

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised...

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised...

That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't...

That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't...

I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film...

I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film...

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.